In comments designed to inflame tensions between the two countries, Putin told CNN: "The suspicion arises that someone in the United States especially created this conflict with the aim of making the situation more tense and creating a competitive advantage for one of the candidates fighting for the post of US president." The White House dismissed Putin's suggestion it had orchestrated the conflict as "not rational". |
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